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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VINCENT P. TRAVEBS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAMMOCK-SUPPO'RT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,419, dated April 21, 1885.

Application filed May 16, 1884.

a full, clear, and exact description, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hammock-support. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are detail views of parts thereof.

The object of this invention is to produce a structure within which hammocks can be suspended, such structure to be in no wise in the way of a person approaching or using the hammock.

My invention consists in combining with a series of socket-pieces certain connectingbars, wherefrom results a peculiar frame, within which the hammock may be suspended, the whole device being simple in construction and economical.

In the drawings, the frame A,within which the hammock Bis suspended, is shown to consist of the horizontal pieces a a, which rest on the floor or ground, and of the converging pieces b b, that connect with the ends of the horizontal pieces a a, and sustain the booms d d, to which the hammock is tied. The bars I) b flare outwardly, as shown in Fig.- 1, and the booms d d project outwardly therefrom.

The bars a a are joined to the bars b b by the socket-pieces e 6. These socket-pieces are more fully represented in Figs. 4 and 5, and consist each of a pair of metallic thimble-like sockets, which are joined by a web, f. The smaller ends of these sockets are made to meet at the required angle, so that when the parts a b are inserted they will stand at the requisite angle. The socket-pieces g, for joining the converging bars I) b and boom d, are more fully shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and consist each of three thimble-likej sockets of truncated conical form, or of pyramidal form, if desired, the central socket having its mouth or opening in line with the closed or smaller ends of the outer sockets, as shown. The several sockets of the piece 9 are united by webs h h.

It will be seen that when this frame A, com- (No model.)

| posed of the pieces stated, is placed in position none of its parts will be in the way of any one coming near, passing by, or lying in the hammock, and in this respect my hammock-support differs, I believe, materially from any that have heretofore been devised, in all of which projecting feet or braces rendered their use objectionable. I refer to such structures as are shown in Letters Patent No. 280,081. The whole frame A of my construction is practically beneath the hammock, and yet it has great strength.

The barsa b (1 may be made of strong wood such as hick ory-or of metal,or of other analogous substance. By joining them by means of the socket-pieces e g the structure is made separable, which renders it convenient for transportation. Still I do not wish to be con fined to any particular mode of joining these sections, as the principal feature of my invention consists in the general form of the frame A which I have shown, although the detailed construction I also regard as my invention.

, I claim nothing shown in English Patent No. 2,916 of 1882.

I claim- 1. The hammock-frame A, composed of the horizontal bottom bars, a a, and converging outwardly-flaring end bars, I) b, in combina tion with the outwardly-proj ecting end booms, d d, all the said parts being rigidly connected, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the bottom bars, a a, with the four separate socket-pieces e e, having webs f, and with the four converging and outwardly-flaring bars b, and two socketpieces, 9 having webs h, substantially as described.

8. The combination of the bottom bars,a a, with the four socket-pieces e 6, having webs f, and with the four converging outwardlyflaring bars I), the two socket-pieces g g, having webs h, and with the two outwardly-projecting booms d, substantially as described.

VINCENT P. TRAVERS.

, Witnesses:

AUGUSTINE B. HEALEY, VVILLY G. E. SOHULTZ. 

